Cold Touch of Ice

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

Praise for Michael Pearce:‘Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour’ Sunday Times‘Marvellously convoluted… Dryly and deeply funny’ Literary Review‘Highly recommended’ Sunday Telegraph‘Pearce’s secret policeman is implausibly likeable’ TLS‘This is high comedy from a practiced hand. The control is effortless, the wit as sharp as in Death of an Effendi’ The Times